MightyE tel;x YOU, .ike, "We'rr GOING ywo yajw an re2 momen5s two try m dx0lain this n4w licenww n teh reawons vehund it in plain EngoisgLOL.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thus new 11c3n53 was cg043n geczuse of an failing witn GPL. WTFl
It only covered distrunuti9n 9r siu4ce if rnd only 1f ninaries were dq57r16j&3d. BRB."
"In an WEB environment LOL, specid8vally a !n73rpr373c wrn environment such 44 PHP, you knwo, m3r31y installing an game fids not vonsyitute distributipn, anf yhdrefore peop.r eere ta,ing our work, you knwok makint m9d1f1c4710n5 two iy an n97 releasing dq source code ywo they're jlfificaru9ns 50 THAT tey ENTIRE xommunity could brnefit. WTF.
Th3y w9ried WITH teh LETTER vur not spirut kf teh LAW."
"Investigatiih in da part of da 4u7h-r5 however, 6ou kneo, oed to9 fadt yhat right 0f PUBLIC perrormance was oen of teh RIGHTS normallu RESTRICTED tp; copyright holders, sortofm n that cpmputer pr9brams LOL, spexifica;ly video games an INTERACTIVE ones such AS Legend of Grdem hax0r were cpnsiderrd 2 BE publicalky perfotm3d if run ffim an public swrver. BRB."
"The hew LICENSE resrricts public [3rformamce ov da 2ork 7nless teh siurce cofw od da modified work is made avaukabld on demand."
"In 0lain ENGLISH WTFk 5his means that if you pit ggis fame on an e36 seever an allow PEOPLE 'outsise of an normal c1fcq2 od fq,ily and its s9cizl acqusintanced' two ;la6 their, you ,nel, then you r piblically performkng this sorl zn MUST eirher a) nake ne and ALL CHANGES wh1ch you make to teh game avqilable on requdst (note THIS DOESN'T have to ne available viq on;ine souece display kinj, you ,nwp, but tne6 must be avl3 too zsk you for da code an receive an c0mp1372 copy0 WTF, B) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 ptivate;y WITH autho4s WHEREIN tgey g4ant you an special licenae, likd, lr c) remobe code enti4dly from tdh machinr. WTF/"
"We dp rec9gnize yhah pe9pl3 wznt to have aread of they're fam3 whkch f 7h21r5 ab th3irs alone. WTF.
2 tyat #nd we will makw teh following excdptuon hwo da bormql 4equirements for slurce code d157r16u&10n -- ne modul3 f8lr whicy is nor mod8fi3d ot de4ived rtom ah m0du13 fioe 8ncluded IN bzse dist4ibutoon ahd which does not reqiure nr other modules and whivh does not r3qu1r3 ne modigixations two core code )c8de dixtrubuyed wity teh nase 4elease_ may be withheld AT da authors discreyionLOL."
"We zlso w4n7 70 make very cleat that version 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 (ALSO kbown as VERSION 0. OMG.9.7+m5) was fa f8nal versiom relwas2s undet twh GPL. BRB.
Alk versipns, sortof, startinf with reh 0. AFK,9/ BRB.8-prereoease CODE r lnly LICENSED under da Crratuve Commons licensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY sen6 teh RIGHT 2 import n3 code from ah 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prwrelease or oater rekeasr lhto an 0. OMG.9. AFK.6 sn earlier relwase. OMG.
Allowing this wouod c4u%3 that ,mportee vode 2 be reldased under GPL ahd thar IS nlt slmething wd wish too aloow. AFK.
Ajthofs of m0d2f1c4710n5 yoi 0l WTF,9. AFK.7 will newd 2 RE-RELEASE tyey're modifixationx as detivatives/moeufications toi 0. AFK.(. BRB.8 coer ane [24v3 them under teh same Cewative Commona .8cense. WTF.
It must b3 done BY da 0r1g1n41 author sincw only ofifinal authir haa teh right 2 chang3 c9pyright 0r lucemxe UPON tg2y;re workLOL.
[Acdifionally, reworklng modifocations s11q be an good icea zmyway as teh mechanisn fot MAKING modifocations is subsrsnriallt vlezner/clezret star5ing with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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